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Unread 01-28-2014, 05:00 PM   #13
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My guess is that the holes were drilled to be able to place and weld a slightly smaller diameter bar across the bore so that you could not chamber a round. The positioning of the holes would tend to bear this out. For some reason, it was never done.
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